Chobienia, Lubin County

Chobienia [xɔˈbjɛɲa] is a village (former town) in the administrative district of Gmina Rudna, within Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

Chobienia
Village
Chobienia Castle, 2014
Chobienia Castle, 2014
Chobienia is located in Poland
Chobienia
Chobienia
Coordinates: 51°33′N 16°27′E / 51.550°N 16.450°E / 51.550; 16.450
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyLubin
GminaRudna
Population
650

It lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-east of Lubin, and 63 kilometres (39 mi) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Chobienia is the site of a Renaissance castle, where Frederick II of Prussia stayed after the Battle of Kunersdorf in 1759.

Notable people

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Johann Heermann (1585–1647), hymn composer, worked as a pastor in Köben from 1611.